Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-02-18


IS s-e feet are really spiked
Cheir hands and touch the
bring them back wet with blood,
z4pe them on their garments.
~ omen stand thereass.d weep, but can do
40 GOOD It is 10 place for der-hearted
women. It wants a heart that crime has
turnesl into granite. The waves of mans
hatred and of hell's vengeance dash up against
The mangled feet, and the hands of sin and
pain and torture clutch for His holy heart.
Had He not been thoroughly fastened to the
cross they would have torn Him down and
trampled Him with both feet. How the
cavalry horses arched their necks and champed
their bits, and reared and snuffed at the
blood. Had Roman officer called out for a
light his voice would not have been heard i'll
the tumult; but louder than the clash of the
spears, and the wailing of womanhood, and
the neighing of the chargers, and the below
ing of the crucifers, there comes q voice
crashing through, loud, clear, overwhelm-
Ing, terrific 1t is the groan of the
dying son of God. Look! What q scene!
Look oh world, at what you have done! l
lift the covering from that r.1altreated Christ
to let you count the wounds and estimate the
cost. Oh, when the nails went through
Cbrist's right hand and Christ's left hand
IQ1G UOU,UU DOtu your uilullS WALL all thelA
power to work. and lit. and write. When
Tho nail went through Christs right foot and
Cl;rist's left foot-that bought your feet,
with ali their power to walk, or run, or
climb. When tho thorn went into Chris.'s
temple-that bought your brain with all its
power to think and plan. When the spear
cleft Christs side-that bought your heart
with all its power to love, and repent, and
pray. Oh, sinner, come baci.l
If q man is in no pain, if he is prospered, if
he Is well, and he asks you to come, you take
your time and you say: 81 can't come now.
I'll come after u while. There is no haste
But if he is in want and trouble you say: Il
must 20 right away. / must go now" To
day Jesus stretches out before you two
wounded hands, and lie begs you to come.
Go and you live. Stay away and you die,
Oh, that to Him who bought us, we might
give all our time, and oil our prayers, and all
our success. would we could think of moth
ing else. that we could do nothing else but
come to Christ. He is SO fair, He is SO Low
Gag, he IS sympathizing. He Is so good.
wish we could put our arms around His neck
and say: "Thine, Lord, will I be for ever"
Oh, that to-day you would begin to love
Hint Would that could take this audience
and wreathe it around the heart of my Lord
Jesus Christ
When in 1865 the Atlantic cable was lost
do yor remember that the Great Eastern and
thetAlbany went out te find it? Thirty times
they sanlthe grapple two and a half miles
deep IN She water. After awhile they found
the cable and brought it to the surface No
sooner had it been brought to the surface
than they lifted shout of czultation, but the
cable slipped back again into the water and
was lost. Then for two weeks more they
SWEPT the sea with the graphing hooks, and
ct last they found the cable and brought itup
in silence. They fastened it this time. Then
with great excitement they took one end of the
cable to the electricians room to see if there
were really any life in it, and when they
saw spark and knew that message could
be sent, then every hat was lifted, and the
rockets few and the guns sounded until all
eae@,sessels on the expedition knew the work
was done, and tho continents were dashed TO
gether. WE'LL nss frie1ds, Ss;aasoath after
Sabbath we have come searching down for
your soul We have swept the sea with the
graphing hook of hrist's Gospel Again
ari again we have thought you were at
the surface, and began to rejoice
over your redemption; but at the
moment of our gladness you sank back again
day we come with this Gospel searching for
your soul. We apply the cross of Christ first
to see whether there is any life left in you,
while all around the people stand, looking to
see whether the work will be done, and the
angels of God bend down and witness, and
oh, if now we could see only one spark of love
and hope and faith, we would send up a
shout that would be heard on the battlements
of heaven, and two worlds would keep jubi-
lee because communication is open between
Christ and the soul, and your nature that
has been sunken in sin has been lifted into the
light and the joy of the Gospel
Hounds Over q Precipicc.
Recently the Thanet Harriers drove their
hare over cliff on the edge of Pegwell bay
and but for the fortunate circumstance that
it was high water tile five hounds which fol-
lowed puss over the fatal verge must newt
ably have persisted, after falling from q
height of more than sixty feet As it was,
the poor brutes swan about and kept their
heads above water as best they could, until q
shooting punt was manned at Pegwell, which
proceeded to their relief. Three of the hounds
were picked up in fairly good condition, q
fourth was able to reach the breakwater o.
posite the West Cliff terrace, where he was
rescued by some boatTen and the fifth was
only just alive when lifted out of the sea- On
landing the last named sufferer was put into
hot bath and literally dosel with spirits,
which might have been expested to kill him,
but from-or perhaps by the aid of-which
he recovered. The luckless hare was the only
victim of disaster.-Boston Transcript